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this is live continuing coverage of hurricane sandy now post tropical storm sandy. good evening, i'm chris jansing. we'll be here with you all throughout the night along with meteorologist bill karins. at this hour, we have a lot to tell you. let's get you caught up. serious flooding across the mid-atlantic coast including new york city where water is entering the subway system and the bridge connecting manhattan and brooklyn. con edison reports that almost all of manhattan all the way down to the battery, that's the lower tip of the city, all of it without power. more than 300,000 homes without power in new york city. 3.6 million along the east coast. already it's been a deadly storm. at least ten deaths reported. new york, new jersey, connecticut, pennsylvania, west virginia, we have video from manhattan's east side. let's get you caught up on what is going on here in new york. michelle franzen is on the phone with us from battery park city. that's the lower tip of manhattan where a lot of people who are tourists know where to go. michelle, what's the latest where
this is live continuing coverage of hurricane sandy now post tropical storm sandy. good evening, i'm chris jansing. we'll be here with you all throughout the night along with meteorologist bill karins. at this hour, we have a lot to tell you. let's get you caught up. serious flooding across the mid-atlantic coast including new york city where water is entering the subway system and the bridge connecting manhattan and brooklyn. con edison reports that almost all of manhattan all the way down to...
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a minute on sandy. >>> hurricane sandy is expected to make landfall within the next hour or so in southern new jersey or the state of delaware. with me now by phone is delaware governor, jack markel. we're looking at a nice scene earlier but looking at some scary stuff at rehoboth. >> i just left rehoboth and dewey beach. lots of flooding, rain, and wind. a lot more people in the last few hours having lost power and with this storm they could be without power for a week or more. >> what do you make of this storm? here we are late october, it's practically halloween and we're getting something that looks like it should have been hitting florida two months ago. this climate thing and then we're hearing snowfall in west virginia, the wind, we haven't seen the danger from the wind yet, it could be horrendous and it's coming out of nowhere. this time of year it's pretty calm weatherwise. >> this is usually a beautiful time of year in delaware and -- but talking to people who have been following this for a long time, they have never seen anything like this before. uncharted territories and that'
a minute on sandy. >>> hurricane sandy is expected to make landfall within the next hour or so in southern new jersey or the state of delaware. with me now by phone is delaware governor, jack markel. we're looking at a nice scene earlier but looking at some scary stuff at rehoboth. >> i just left rehoboth and dewey beach. lots of flooding, rain, and wind. a lot more people in the last few hours having lost power and with this storm they could be without power for a week or more....
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new jersey certainly hit the hardest by sandy. thanks for watching. see you back here at 11:00 eastern. "ac 360" starts right now. >>> good evening, everyone. 24 hours since hurricane sandy came ashore and tonight, we are still dealing with its aftermath. breaking news tonight, 18 people have now lost their lives here in new york city alone. that is directly from new york's mayor, mike bloomberg, who spoke just a short time ago. there are rescues under way right now as well. we will bring you one of them shortly. if you are in an area on the eastern seaboard and you have power and you know somebody who does not have power, try to listen closely to the information we are going to give you in this hour and pass along that information to someone who does not have power. if you have power tonight and a roof and home, consider yourself very lucky. there are many people right now in this city and elsewhere along the eastern seaboard who do not. i want to show you the scene where i'm standing in the chelsea neighborhood in new york city. no one died in the b
new jersey certainly hit the hardest by sandy. thanks for watching. see you back here at 11:00 eastern. "ac 360" starts right now. >>> good evening, everyone. 24 hours since hurricane sandy came ashore and tonight, we are still dealing with its aftermath. breaking news tonight, 18 people have now lost their lives here in new york city alone. that is directly from new york's mayor, mike bloomberg, who spoke just a short time ago. there are rescues under way right now as well....
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now we're talking about sandy, sandy, and talking about iowa, which is not going to feel the brunt of the hurricane but you you pay attention to what's happening on the east coast. what do you think about the idea the storm was come and friesen the medium, momentum of talking about it thus freezing the campaign at a moment when the romney's campaign's story was we're having momentum that might overtake the president. any momentum that is true, it's frozen. it's not moving forward anymore. what do you think about that as a media watcher? well, i don't think that the campaign is frozen in iowa, at least not this week, in the sense we just had michelle obama here. we have mitt romney in iowa this afternoon. joe biden will be here later in the week, if he doesn't change his plans. so the campaign is still going on. i do think this will town down the sharpness. rhetoric and francly it the wouldn't be a bad idea to have people take a breath and focus on something that is really happening out in the world for a change. i think people are getting a little bit too wrapped up in the intensity o
now we're talking about sandy, sandy, and talking about iowa, which is not going to feel the brunt of the hurricane but you you pay attention to what's happening on the east coast. what do you think about the idea the storm was come and friesen the medium, momentum of talking about it thus freezing the campaign at a moment when the romney's campaign's story was we're having momentum that might overtake the president. any momentum that is true, it's frozen. it's not moving forward anymore. what...
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>> sandy is going to be more than anything else a nuisance today. people wanting to get out of their houses, people who want to start this cleanup, getting power back on, they want to see the crews rolling into their towns. the storm is just still too big, and it still hasn't moved all that much. it moved inland about 12 hours ago, it's still in pennsylvania, it's not one of those storms in and out in a hurry. it's going to linger all day today, we can't get the helicopters up to see how bad the damage is in some areas, it's still too windy. look at the size of this storm. it is cloudy all the way to the hudson bay, down to north georgia, the clouds have pushed down through south carolina. and now we have rain all the way from maine in this green rain and band goes all the way back to the portions of the ohio valley into kentucky. now, here's the cruel part. there's a lot of cold air rotating around what once was a hurricane. someone told me they said to me on twitter, eight hours after the storm made landfall, we had snow in eight different states.
>> sandy is going to be more than anything else a nuisance today. people wanting to get out of their houses, people who want to start this cleanup, getting power back on, they want to see the crews rolling into their towns. the storm is just still too big, and it still hasn't moved all that much. it moved inland about 12 hours ago, it's still in pennsylvania, it's not one of those storms in and out in a hurry. it's going to linger all day today, we can't get the helicopters up to see how...
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sandy wreaking havoc all across the eastern seaboard. the weather channel's reynolds wolf was in stonington, connecticut, earlier today and dealing with gale force winds as well as flooding. >> just over the last 20, 30 minutes, the wind has been unbelievable. this house hours ago was in fine shape but the waves have just been relentless, just pounding through. ripping away part of the outer wall. goodness gracious. part of the foundation of the house being sheared away. unbelievable. winds have been out of the north, power is out all over the peninsula. not expecting much improvements over the next several hours. my goodness, the wind has just been insane. we haven't seen much of a shift in the wind either. everything from north to south. all coming in just right off the water itself. some streets are flooded on the other side of the peninsula. some roadways are covered with water. it's coming up on that side too. trees, huge trees, some look like they've been there for over a century knocked down. branchs over many of the roadways. peo
sandy wreaking havoc all across the eastern seaboard. the weather channel's reynolds wolf was in stonington, connecticut, earlier today and dealing with gale force winds as well as flooding. >> just over the last 20, 30 minutes, the wind has been unbelievable. this house hours ago was in fine shape but the waves have just been relentless, just pounding through. ripping away part of the outer wall. goodness gracious. part of the foundation of the house being sheared away. unbelievable....
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storm sandy. we want to welcome our international viewers as well from around the world. it's 1:00 in the morning east coast time here in atlanta and we have reporters up and down the east coast bringing us the latest developments all hour long. really into the night. no hype, overestimates or anything on this one. damage estimates are in the billions. sandy is big. sandy is powerful and she is a killer. already at least 12 people have been reported dead in the u.s. five alone in new york. 5.3 million people are without power. 23 states are under wind advisories. damage from the wind alone could top $3 million. and sandy is already response iblg f67 deaths in caribbeans. >> roads flooded out. the water rising above the cars in some locals. this historic superstorm made landfall over the most populated areas of the u.s. wind damage, power outages, storm surges, inland flooding, you name it, even snowstorms are threatening the lives and homes of 60 people from virginia to mags ma massachusetts. >> l
storm sandy. we want to welcome our international viewers as well from around the world. it's 1:00 in the morning east coast time here in atlanta and we have reporters up and down the east coast bringing us the latest developments all hour long. really into the night. no hype, overestimates or anything on this one. damage estimates are in the billions. sandy is big. sandy is powerful and she is a killer. already at least 12 people have been reported dead in the u.s. five alone in new york. 5.3...
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hurricane sandy affected early voting in several states. officials in maryland are trying to make up for lost time, possibly adding an extra day of early voting. the governor of virginia wants to extend hours for casting absentee ballots only. the virginia governor says he's confident precincts will be ready for election day. >> we don't believe there will be any problem with any voting location, any precinct of the 2800 or so precincts. none of them we anticipate will have any problem being fully operational next tuesday. >> which will be no easy managing editor of politi-geek.com. so this is go down as a thing we talk about in history, the storm, and, of course, the questions regarding the impacts it could have on the election. the first thing a lot of people are asking if we could see a delay next week. >> theoretically, yes. theoretically now congress does have the power to basically set an election day any they want. the chances it will happen are as naum cali low. >> some of the things that could happen, already fema, fred fugate has
hurricane sandy affected early voting in several states. officials in maryland are trying to make up for lost time, possibly adding an extra day of early voting. the governor of virginia wants to extend hours for casting absentee ballots only. the virginia governor says he's confident precincts will be ready for election day. >> we don't believe there will be any problem with any voting location, any precinct of the 2800 or so precincts. none of them we anticipate will have any problem...
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sandy right now is right over the city of philadelphia. the 1,000-mile-wide storm is being felt even where we are. obviously the surge here has started to recede. but the big question will be in the biggest city in the world, when can it get back up and running again. that could be quite some time. let's send it off now to piers morgan tonight. >>> breaking news tonight, 11 people are dead, as super storm sandy pounds the coast from south carolina to maine. 2.8 million without power, the water rising from atlantic city, lower manhattan . a crane on a luxury skyscraper has been dangling over the top of a building. streets have been closed off. nearby buildings evacuated. erin burnett is here in new york with record-breaking levels. the water has now begun to recede, albeit temporarily. chad myers is tracking the dangerous storm from the cnn severe weather center. let's start at battery park in lower manhattan which recorded nearly 14-foot tide tonight. smashing a record from hurricane donna. er erin, it's been a long, difficult night for yo
sandy right now is right over the city of philadelphia. the 1,000-mile-wide storm is being felt even where we are. obviously the surge here has started to recede. but the big question will be in the biggest city in the world, when can it get back up and running again. that could be quite some time. let's send it off now to piers morgan tonight. >>> breaking news tonight, 11 people are dead, as super storm sandy pounds the coast from south carolina to maine. 2.8 million without power,...
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sandy's bands where still whipping up. we've had very strong gusts anywhere between 60 and 70 miles an hour. at newark it was clocked at about 70 miles an hour so i would certainly say in this area, we're seeing that. we're also seeing just the sky light up across the way over to jersey city. you know, their power and transformers are stationed are impacted by the storm and we've seen that time and time again and we're feeling one of these gusts right now. pretty powerful yet. lower manhattan flooding in some areas and we've had reports of flooding and the brooklyn battery tunnel that some water has gushed into that area as well. so it is a certainly, not over yet. tonight we're hoping that the mayor is correct and that the worst is behind us. but also, some of the damage that's already been done and it could take some time to get lower manhattan, as well as the transit system and all that back up and running. >> michelle, we were showing a picture of flooding at the construction site at ground zero down there in lower man
sandy's bands where still whipping up. we've had very strong gusts anywhere between 60 and 70 miles an hour. at newark it was clocked at about 70 miles an hour so i would certainly say in this area, we're seeing that. we're also seeing just the sky light up across the way over to jersey city. you know, their power and transformers are stationed are impacted by the storm and we've seen that time and time again and we're feeling one of these gusts right now. pretty powerful yet. lower manhattan...
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hurricane sandy was deadly. a fire was sparked when a generator apparently was faultily and -- here's a spread of photos, all of this is up at cnn.com. >> wo gol a blob fo you kaepwe for you, and if you are in a position to take photos or videos safely, go ahead and send them to us at i-report. ovrk l obviously do everything local officials tell you to do. even though we're in a lot of places, we can't be everywhere. >> we'll continue our coverage of hurricane sandy after this. n for your legal matters. maybe you want to incorporate a business you'd like to start. or protect your family with a will or living trust. legalzoom makes it easy with step-by-step help when completing your personalized document -- or you can even access an attorney to guide you along. with an "a" rating from the better business bureau legalzoom helps you get personalized and affordable legal protection. in most states, a legal plan attorney is available with every personalized document to answer any questions. get started at legalzoom.c
hurricane sandy was deadly. a fire was sparked when a generator apparently was faultily and -- here's a spread of photos, all of this is up at cnn.com. >> wo gol a blob fo you kaepwe for you, and if you are in a position to take photos or videos safely, go ahead and send them to us at i-report. ovrk l obviously do everything local officials tell you to do. even though we're in a lot of places, we can't be everywhere. >> we'll continue our coverage of hurricane sandy after this. n...
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we'll talk about sandy's economic far-ranging impact and we want to see your pictures of hurricane sandy only if it's safe to do so. please share photos by tweeting us using the #msnbcpics. and here's the live shot, the dangling crane that happened at the building 157. they're working now on e for thes to secure that and make sure no one gets hurt. we're back after this. so, what hap pens if i'm in an accident and need to get my car fixed? progressive makes it easy, because we give you choices. you can pick where to get your car fixed, we can cut you a check, or, at our service center, we take care of everything for you. [ relaxing music playing ] [ chuckles ] -whew, so many choices. -take your time. -the service center. -okay. giving you choices -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. >> welcome back, everybody. let's give you more information on that crane. new york city officials are saying until they are sure that the winds are properly dying down and this weather improves, there's no way that they can physically send anybody up, the inspector, that is, to ensure and stabili
we'll talk about sandy's economic far-ranging impact and we want to see your pictures of hurricane sandy only if it's safe to do so. please share photos by tweeting us using the #msnbcpics. and here's the live shot, the dangling crane that happened at the building 157. they're working now on e for thes to secure that and make sure no one gets hurt. we're back after this. so, what hap pens if i'm in an accident and need to get my car fixed? progressive makes it easy, because we give you choices....
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we're waiting for sandy to make landfall. more than 2.2 million homes are without power in the mid-atlantic states and the northeast. now the politics of this storm and the presidential race, editor of the daily beast and joy an read. jim, i haven't talked to you in a while. but i made a mistake, it was jane bern who benefited from the machine out there. tell us about what your experience is as a general reporter to what weather can do to elections. >> chris, i think as we said before it takes snow and i'm a native new yorker, and very weak response to a huge snowstorm. he lost in chicago in 1979. in the early '90s, a couple of washington bad storms, marion barry's stock plummeted. >> give me the reason for that. why do people have a big scorecard in their heads and hearts about weather and how politicians handle it? >> because if they are deemed to be responsible and affected and efficient, they are allotted. remember, herbert hoover won in 1928 because of what was deemed to be good performance as commerce secretary overseei
we're waiting for sandy to make landfall. more than 2.2 million homes are without power in the mid-atlantic states and the northeast. now the politics of this storm and the presidential race, editor of the daily beast and joy an read. jim, i haven't talked to you in a while. but i made a mistake, it was jane bern who benefited from the machine out there. tell us about what your experience is as a general reporter to what weather can do to elections. >> chris, i think as we said before it...
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but this giant storm called sandy is not over yet. the storm making landfall just outside atlantic city, new jersey, at 8:00 p.m. eastern time tonight. forecasters calling sandy a post pos post-tropical cyclone which might sound better, but it isn't better. all it means is the storm has lost the characteristics of a tropical cyclone but still has hurricane-force winds. we want to go near where sandy made landfall. thank you for joining us. what can you tell us about the scene at the site of the landfall? >> reporter: things are a little calmer now than a couple hours ago as sandy came ashore just a few miles south of where we are. the winds have kicked up again, but the rain has stopped. the tide, which the high tide came in at 8:00 p.m. and almost breached these dunes over here, the tide has gone back out. but it's just an eerie scene looking -- >> that's chris live on the scene at atlantic city, which is near where the storm made landfall. we lost the shot. that happens a lot in circumstances like this. and we'll try to get wcau bac
but this giant storm called sandy is not over yet. the storm making landfall just outside atlantic city, new jersey, at 8:00 p.m. eastern time tonight. forecasters calling sandy a post pos post-tropical cyclone which might sound better, but it isn't better. all it means is the storm has lost the characteristics of a tropical cyclone but still has hurricane-force winds. we want to go near where sandy made landfall. thank you for joining us. what can you tell us about the scene at the site of the...
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we have two risks for sandy. that is storm summrge along the coast and inland flooding from excessive rain in this area i have highlighted area. >> what can we expect in the next several hours? you say the winds are going to be calming down. but what about the next few hours? >> the winds will come down, but only very gradually. even slower will be the reduction in the storm surge total water levels will continue to rise for those who that have not reached high tide. we have a 12-foot storm surge occurring in long island sound. 7 feet in connecticut. here the maximum of a high tide is going to occur closer to midnight. so the water levels will continue to rise. perhaps as much as four or five feet in some places. >> in your experience, ed, cap sill liez this one for us. how unique is this storm? >> it's unique in terms of where it is and what kind of characterist characteristics it has. clearly, we have hurricanes come ashore further south, but it's rare to have such a system come ashore with this kind of intensi
we have two risks for sandy. that is storm summrge along the coast and inland flooding from excessive rain in this area i have highlighted area. >> what can we expect in the next several hours? you say the winds are going to be calming down. but what about the next few hours? >> the winds will come down, but only very gradually. even slower will be the reduction in the storm surge total water levels will continue to rise for those who that have not reached high tide. we have a...
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he's with us now on superstorm sandy. where is sandy right now? >> sandy is inland right now. and so that is certainly some good news here. we are done with it as far as it being the hurricane here. but we do have a classic nor'easter under way. so it is inland. we are no longer going to be talk about a storm surge as we head through the day tomorrow. we'll be talking about tides coming together. not only has this been a perfect storm, this has been a more perfect storm. the earth, the moon, and the sun even all aligned together to make this a more perfect storm. we'll get to that in a second here. but as far as the latest, again, it is inland now. but the worst is not over for some areas across the interior because we're talking about very heavy rainfall that's going to continue throughout the overnight hours into tomorrow. even the potential, by the way, for severe weather heading up into new england with some thunderstorm activity there. and then of course you saw reed there in the mess that is the middle of a blizzard here as the hurricane married this upper-level disturba
he's with us now on superstorm sandy. where is sandy right now? >> sandy is inland right now. and so that is certainly some good news here. we are done with it as far as it being the hurricane here. but we do have a classic nor'easter under way. so it is inland. we are no longer going to be talk about a storm surge as we head through the day tomorrow. we'll be talking about tides coming together. not only has this been a perfect storm, this has been a more perfect storm. the earth, the...
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we're on sandy point road. that fire has been burning since 9:00 and looks a lot better than it has in the past few hours as it starts to burn down, the house that was standing up there now burning to the ground. the problem that we had here was that fire personnel could not get there to chalker beach. chalker beach is surrounded by water and the floods there really put the water up about three to four feet and we're actually told it's still up three to four feet so what happened was a neighbor called in the fire saying that two homes were burning over there and that neighbor actually had to be rescued because the neighbor did not heed the mandatory evacuation order that was given for chalker beach. now, again, we are told that two homes were destroyed in that fire because firefighters couldn't get there. they actually tried to take an old army tank and get to that location, but the water was so high that the vehicle had some electrical problems and had to retreat. what we do know is that these are two summer h
we're on sandy point road. that fire has been burning since 9:00 and looks a lot better than it has in the past few hours as it starts to burn down, the house that was standing up there now burning to the ground. the problem that we had here was that fire personnel could not get there to chalker beach. chalker beach is surrounded by water and the floods there really put the water up about three to four feet and we're actually told it's still up three to four feet so what happened was a neighbor...
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it's where sandy made landfall first. let's go back to cape may, new jersey, where nbc's jay gray is there. how are things looking? we spoke last hour. any change there? >> chris, i'd love to tell you the winds have dropped off, but they have not. they are still howling here. still swirling. and really still driving at 50 miles an hour or more with gusts well above that. look, you make an excellent point there when you talk about people involved and trees falling. i don't want people who may hear this to be lulled into any kind of clomplacency that this storm made landfall. as we talked about last hour, it passed here several hours ago. we're seeing the strongest effects of sandy right now. so any thought it's safe to go out and take a look around is, frankly, just ridiculous at this point. we talked to the police chief here who says he won't get his men out until the storm is completely clear. if it's not safe for the first responders, it's certainly not safe for anyone who decided to ride this storm out, chris. >> all r
it's where sandy made landfall first. let's go back to cape may, new jersey, where nbc's jay gray is there. how are things looking? we spoke last hour. any change there? >> chris, i'd love to tell you the winds have dropped off, but they have not. they are still howling here. still swirling. and really still driving at 50 miles an hour or more with gusts well above that. look, you make an excellent point there when you talk about people involved and trees falling. i don't want people who...
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sandy's not sparing anyone. as much as three feet of it is expected in higher elevations and a blizzard warning is in effect for ten counties there. the snow threatens to bring down power lines and people are being advised as they are here to stay indoors, soledad. >> what a mess. what a mess. zoraida, thank you for the update. we take a short break. within we come back on the other side, we tell you what's happening with that massive house fire -- i should say fire of two dozen homes in breezy point in queens. we know it's related to hurricane sandy. downed power lines started this fire. huge problem for firefighters, no water pressure. they can't fight this fire ekively. we have an update and new pictures to show you when we come back in just a moment. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about mon
sandy's not sparing anyone. as much as three feet of it is expected in higher elevations and a blizzard warning is in effect for ten counties there. the snow threatens to bring down power lines and people are being advised as they are here to stay indoors, soledad. >> what a mess. what a mess. zoraida, thank you for the update. we take a short break. within we come back on the other side, we tell you what's happening with that massive house fire -- i should say fire of two dozen homes in...
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let's go south to sandy hook. this is getting it right now. they are in their high tide cycle right now. water is is at its maximum way over record levels that extends down over the jersey shore. pounding of the went. latest wind divufts kennedy airport 79. over hurricane force. there we go. >> shepard: now we know a major problem at laguardia airport. of course, laguardia is in queens, new york. it serves the tri-state region for most li domestic flights. water has breached one of the runways at laguardia airport. big problems for transportation in the northeastern united states on the way. in addition, look at this. as you see this thing come ashore, there is an enormous dry section here which isn't going to stay. but what it is still pushing would be enormous winds. the storm has come hundreds and hundreds of miles with a sustained wind and pushed water the had way. as if you have taken a hand in a swimming pool and pushed a wave. that rain son the south shore long island and right into the city of new york. officials are reporting one pers
let's go south to sandy hook. this is getting it right now. they are in their high tide cycle right now. water is is at its maximum way over record levels that extends down over the jersey shore. pounding of the went. latest wind divufts kennedy airport 79. over hurricane force. there we go. >> shepard: now we know a major problem at laguardia airport. of course, laguardia is in queens, new york. it serves the tri-state region for most li domestic flights. water has breached one of the...
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evacuated at least partially due to sandy. how long are we going to continue to feel the effects of sandy. >> a little bit in those areas but not as bad as yesterday and people saying lake erie was at the highest levels of off of cleveland they've ever seen and people that lived on the lake for 80 years that it was the most ferocious and rough they've ever seen it and, yeah, it's crippling -- i mean and now it's snowing this morning with 50-mile-per-hour winds in ohio, ohio, the storm came on shore in new jersey, it's one for the record books and i'm sure i'll never seen one like this again. >> a lot are talking about the political implications of the storm which we will talk much more about, yeah, tomorrow. bill, thank you so much and bill is continuing to be with us throughout these early morning hours and we've talked about widespread flooding and so many states. wnbc's brent gigg rchl ichlging >> reporter: we're in a hotel lobby stranded. before high tide the water came gushing in. let me give you a little light. this is w
evacuated at least partially due to sandy. how long are we going to continue to feel the effects of sandy. >> a little bit in those areas but not as bad as yesterday and people saying lake erie was at the highest levels of off of cleveland they've ever seen and people that lived on the lake for 80 years that it was the most ferocious and rough they've ever seen it and, yeah, it's crippling -- i mean and now it's snowing this morning with 50-mile-per-hour winds in ohio, ohio, the storm...
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, don and chad. >> sandy, standby. we have chad myers here again. sandy, you can play along in this as well. so we have sandra, chad is in ocean city, maryland, 200 miles north of georgia. georgia is getting pelted at this point. how long before sandy starts to feel what he's feeling? >> there are arms on this storm. they are almost like you see a picture of the hurricane with spiral bands. that's what we have with the storm. let me walk over here to describe what you're going to look at for the next 36 hours. i want you to know when you see it what you're seeing. there's the center of the storm right there, don. wherever there's color, that's where it is storming. that's where it is raining. and that's when the rain will bring down the wind. so when you get a cell, there's even one right there coming onto long island. when you get a cell with a little color and rain, it will translate all of this wind back down to the surface. now, it's not windy right here. it's not windy here. even though this is much closer to the
, don and chad. >> sandy, standby. we have chad myers here again. sandy, you can play along in this as well. so we have sandra, chad is in ocean city, maryland, 200 miles north of georgia. georgia is getting pelted at this point. how long before sandy starts to feel what he's feeling? >> there are arms on this storm. they are almost like you see a picture of the hurricane with spiral bands. that's what we have with the storm. let me walk over here to describe what you're going to...
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sandy hook, not that far from where you are right now, 87. and surf city, new jersey, at 89-mile-per-hour wind gusts. the biggest number when it comes to rainfall is wildwood, that's only about 15 miles from where ali velshi is. it was 11.62 inches of rainfall there. the rain continues to blow water here, depending on where your high tide is, you will continue to go up to high tide. and then begin to go down. we know this, even where at the battery, that the winds have calmed down just a few miles per hour, but the tide is going out. so that number was 13.88 feet. you can see that, 13.88, now down to 12.27. as ashleigh banfield showed you, and i can prove to you, it's down a foot and a half from where it is now. that's still at this point, this is still two feet above anyplace else it ever was in history, even with hurricane dawn. anderson? >> and tomorrow, there's going to be folks that are finally going to rest. they're going to wonder what they're going to wake up to tomorrow, in terms of wind speed, rain, and water on the ground, what are
sandy hook, not that far from where you are right now, 87. and surf city, new jersey, at 89-mile-per-hour wind gusts. the biggest number when it comes to rainfall is wildwood, that's only about 15 miles from where ali velshi is. it was 11.62 inches of rainfall there. the rain continues to blow water here, depending on where your high tide is, you will continue to go up to high tide. and then begin to go down. we know this, even where at the battery, that the winds have calmed down just a few...
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we are not done by any means with hurricane sandy. we still have to go through late tonight as well as into tomorrow morning before we see that circulation making landfall. again, you can kind of see for yourself right now, it's located roughly about -- looks like 268 miles south-southeast of new york city. and it's now made that northwesterly turn. as it makes landfall, it's going to bring hurricane conditions across the region. talking those winds are going to be extremely gusty. they will be moving very slowly. as it does up towards the north -- this is going to be producing a tremendous amount of rainfall. and the rain is already coming down. you can see for washington, d.c. as well as for baltimore, the storms in yellow and orange, of course that indicates the heavy-year rain. out towards the west, snow. ashleigh? >> just quickly, i've got a lot of ground to cover, but when we came into this today, we thought we'd be looking at winds around 75 miles an hour. and then to hear now maximum sustained winds, 90 miles an hour, gusting
we are not done by any means with hurricane sandy. we still have to go through late tonight as well as into tomorrow morning before we see that circulation making landfall. again, you can kind of see for yourself right now, it's located roughly about -- looks like 268 miles south-southeast of new york city. and it's now made that northwesterly turn. as it makes landfall, it's going to bring hurricane conditions across the region. talking those winds are going to be extremely gusty. they will be...
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right now we are in the aftermath period of this superstorm, sandy. how do you feel in terms of dealing with the aftermath, describing those explosions, these ongoing worries. before we get to rebuilding, rescuing people, taking care of continuing damage right now. how would you assess the response and the coordination between the federal government, the state government, municipalities. how are we doing? >> i think we're doing very well. i mean, you heard the president, and i have to say that i think his response has been terrific, really. and it's been coordinated, unlike some of what happened in katrina. and you heard, you know, governor christie, who's a republican, with president obama, working together. and that's how it's been, from the president to the governor, all the way down to the county and the towns. so one of the things that i did today, in fact, i was just on the phone before i came in here, was talk to fema about trying to get an office and a staff person in various parts of the district that i viewed today, and they're working on it
right now we are in the aftermath period of this superstorm, sandy. how do you feel in terms of dealing with the aftermath, describing those explosions, these ongoing worries. before we get to rebuilding, rescuing people, taking care of continuing damage right now. how would you assess the response and the coordination between the federal government, the state government, municipalities. how are we doing? >> i think we're doing very well. i mean, you heard the president, and i have to say...
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sandy's having a real, local impact on ohio residents' lives. but sandy's march through ohio also has a national impact because ohio, of course, is the most crucial of all the swing states. ohio, for example, is big on early voting. they camp out for it there. as sandy approached, ohio counties reported even heavier than usual early voting, with people rushing to cast their ballots ahead of the storm. lots of things are amazing about ohio's politics, but frankly, what i find most amazing in ohio this year is the way the romney campaign is choosing to close out their campaign there. remember when mr. romney campaigned on that flat-out lie that president obama's getting rid of a work requirement for welfare, even though president obama did no such thing? well, now mr. romney is back with a new ad in ohio with that same old lie about welfare. they brought it back for the end of the campaign. romney campaign sent senator norm coleman from minnesota to ohio to tell voters there that mitt romney had no intention of overturning roe versus wade even tho
sandy's having a real, local impact on ohio residents' lives. but sandy's march through ohio also has a national impact because ohio, of course, is the most crucial of all the swing states. ohio, for example, is big on early voting. they camp out for it there. as sandy approached, ohio counties reported even heavier than usual early voting, with people rushing to cast their ballots ahead of the storm. lots of things are amazing about ohio's politics, but frankly, what i find most amazing in...
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sandy now as you can see in this radar moving up toward canada. this morning the associated press reports the storm has killed at least 50 people. there are more than 8.2 million households still without power across 17 states and many of those outages could well last beyond election day. when damage to property and the economy, the total impact expected to reach a staggering $50 billion. at this hour, another flooding crisis straight across the river here in manhattan in hoboken, noounlg, where the national guard arrived late last night to help evacuate residents. the storm surge from sandy covered most of the southern part of that town with water trapping residents in their homes and leaving most without power. hoboken's mayor spoke last night on the massive extent of the damage. >> we still have severe flooding in the city of hoboken, probably half our city is flooded. we have about 20,000 people that still remain in their homes and we're trying to put together an evacuation plan, get the equipment here. we can't get down so many city streets a
sandy now as you can see in this radar moving up toward canada. this morning the associated press reports the storm has killed at least 50 people. there are more than 8.2 million households still without power across 17 states and many of those outages could well last beyond election day. when damage to property and the economy, the total impact expected to reach a staggering $50 billion. at this hour, another flooding crisis straight across the river here in manhattan in hoboken, noounlg,...
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as sandy battered the eastern sea board 6 million customers were left in pitch black. the swath of the eastern united states totally blacked out over the course of one day. and at this hour, more than 6 million electricity customers remain without power in the east. when they say this is the largest storm to have ever hit the east coast of the united states, the word largest in that phrase actually just means the physical area that is covered by this storm, which you can see in the fact we had outages from virginia to maine. but in terms of the direct hit of this storm, part of what makes this a storm of national significance is that when it came ashore, it hit the most populated place in our country. it's not just new york media dismor fee ya. this is the most densely populated area. new jersey's population is greater than the population of maine, new hampshire, montana, nebraska, north dakota, south dakota, and wyoming combined. all in a state that's significantly smaller than even just new hampshire alone. the new york metro area has a population of over 22 million.
as sandy battered the eastern sea board 6 million customers were left in pitch black. the swath of the eastern united states totally blacked out over the course of one day. and at this hour, more than 6 million electricity customers remain without power in the east. when they say this is the largest storm to have ever hit the east coast of the united states, the word largest in that phrase actually just means the physical area that is covered by this storm, which you can see in the fact we had...
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coverage of super storm sandy. talking about flood, fires, massive power outages result of sandy in the med lane exic. 21 people died in the united states from the storm. right now more than 7.5 million customers in 15 state have no electricity. according to early projections, damage from the storm between $10 billion and $20 billion. in new jersey, rescue crews plucking people off rooftops after a natural levee broke and flooded three towns in bergen. queens new york, fire destroyed dozen homes, 50 burned to the ground, 30 were on fire. and head of the new york transit authority says the city subway system is facing the biggest disaster in its history, including flooded tunnels and power outages. a short time ago, we heard from new york mayor michael bloomberg. >> make mo no mistake, this is a d devastating storm, first ever experienced. first responders heroic job. they are conduct life saving search and rescue missions and we owe them an enormous debt and gratitude. >> new jersey, a natural berm, levee, near the
coverage of super storm sandy. talking about flood, fires, massive power outages result of sandy in the med lane exic. 21 people died in the united states from the storm. right now more than 7.5 million customers in 15 state have no electricity. according to early projections, damage from the storm between $10 billion and $20 billion. in new jersey, rescue crews plucking people off rooftops after a natural levee broke and flooded three towns in bergen. queens new york, fire destroyed dozen...
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not only is sandy big, sandy is very slow. and that's part of the problem. it could stick around, possibly 48 hours, and keep people in the dark for as long as ten days. the bottom line here is as you look at these pictures with me here, government leaders, they say this is not hype, folks. this is real. sandy has already killed 67 people, and that's outside of the united states. >> there will undoubtedly be some deaths that are caused by the intensity of this storm, by the floods, by the tidal surge, and by the waves. >> one important note i want to bring you here, a live briefing, we'll be getting the live briefing from fema, the federal emergency management agency. that should be happening in about half an hour so we'll be watching for that. also, we heard from specifically the president just a little earlier today from the briefing room. here's part of what he said. >> if public's not following instructions, that makes it more dangerous for people, and it means that we could have fatalities that could have been avoided. >> that was the president earlier
not only is sandy big, sandy is very slow. and that's part of the problem. it could stick around, possibly 48 hours, and keep people in the dark for as long as ten days. the bottom line here is as you look at these pictures with me here, government leaders, they say this is not hype, folks. this is real. sandy has already killed 67 people, and that's outside of the united states. >> there will undoubtedly be some deaths that are caused by the intensity of this storm, by the floods, by the...
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be safe, craig coming up we're still tracking sandy. more on this storm next. ♪ [ birds chirping ] are you sure you can fit in there? [ chuckles ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] around view monitor with bird's-eye view. nice work. [ male announcer ] introducing the all-new nissan pathfinder. it's our most innovative pathfinder ever. nissan. innovation that cites. ♪ and it gave me my custom number. my arches needed more support until i got my number at the free dr. scholl's foot mapping center. i'm a believer! and you will be too! learn where to find your number at drscholls.com. >>> tonight sandy causing major disruption so where is the storm now? rick, i've had e mails from viewers that want to know about maine, massachusetts, and north connecticut. >> yes. those areas going to get a lot of wind. if they've had a lot of wind. up to maine, winds around 60 miles per hour. they're gofg wind next couple days but most of the energy of the storm going to be moving farnler west we're go tok seeing more winds expanding that way. take a look at
be safe, craig coming up we're still tracking sandy. more on this storm next. ♪ [ birds chirping ] are you sure you can fit in there? [ chuckles ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] around view monitor with bird's-eye view. nice work. [ male announcer ] introducing the all-new nissan pathfinder. it's our most innovative pathfinder ever. nissan. innovation that cites. ♪ and it gave me my custom number. my arches needed more support until i got my number at the free dr. scholl's foot mapping center....
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get an update now on hurricane sandy. meteorologist janice dean joins us again from new york. >> where david lee miller was, 9'6" storm surge. that overtops irene at 9.5. two hours until high tide. that is an interesting situation. water levels don't be on the rise. take a look at the center of circulation, on shore. probably around ocean city. southern tip of new jersey. around atlantic city. that is just a point of reference. we will feel effects of the storm, 500-miles from the center of the storm. it will move across the great lakes. wind advisories across the great lakes. wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour. this storm is going to expand across the midwest. wind gusts in excess of 90 miles per hour. as the center moves on shore. north of the center, where you feel the north of the storm surge. rain and wind. 50 miles per hour gusts south of that region, 35 miles per hour gusts across the southeast. across the great lakes in the mid-atlantic. this is a storm surge and winds for long duration of time. carving a coastlin
get an update now on hurricane sandy. meteorologist janice dean joins us again from new york. >> where david lee miller was, 9'6" storm surge. that overtops irene at 9.5. two hours until high tide. that is an interesting situation. water levels don't be on the rise. take a look at the center of circulation, on shore. probably around ocean city. southern tip of new jersey. around atlantic city. that is just a point of reference. we will feel effects of the storm, 500-miles from the...
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come on, sandy. we're ready, but he also cautions citizens here to take precautions and to be smart about what they do. >> yeah. carole, you and i and local news have covered many flooding down in that very area. people there are really used to seeing the water rise. i'm suling like you say, it really is the power that's going to be the big problem there. what have you seen in the d.c. area? i know that the metro is now down. federal buildings are closed, and d.c. pretty much at a standstill. >> oh, yeah, the city of washington d.c. is like a ghost town because, you're right, all federal offices are closed. nonsteshl federal employees were told to stay home. metro services shut down wrish saw a few cabs, but not many. if are you outside and you want to catch a cab in d.c., you're not likely to catch one. people are really staying home, but the rain is now starting to come down. every so often we'll feel a gust of wind, suzanne, so it hasn't really hit at its hardest yet. that probably will happen in
come on, sandy. we're ready, but he also cautions citizens here to take precautions and to be smart about what they do. >> yeah. carole, you and i and local news have covered many flooding down in that very area. people there are really used to seeing the water rise. i'm suling like you say, it really is the power that's going to be the big problem there. what have you seen in the d.c. area? i know that the metro is now down. federal buildings are closed, and d.c. pretty much at a...